Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
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Boys · Girls
Boys
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Carl		 0.69% -2
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Richard		 0.69% +2
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Joe		 0.69% +1
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Raymond		 0.79% -1
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Roy		 0.81% +1
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Harold		 0.86% 0
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Paul		 0.86% 0
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Fred		 0.88% 0
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Clarence		 0.95% 0
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Albert		 1.05% 0
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Arthur		 1.08% 0
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Willie		 1.21% 0
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Harry		 1.24% 0
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Walter		 1.35% 0
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Thomas		 1.49% -1
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Henry		 1.51% +1
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Edward		 1.69% 0
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Frank		 2.02% 0
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Joseph		 2.38% -1
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Charles		 2.46% -1
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Robert		 2.47% +2
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George		 3.05% 0
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James		 4.23% 0
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William		 4.63% 0
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John		 5.85% 0
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Gertrude		 0.78% -1
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Clara		 0.78% -4
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Hazel		 0.79% +3
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Emma		 0.79% +1
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Bessie		 0.80% 0
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Bertha		 0.81% +2
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Grace		 0.86% -3
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Annie		 0.90% 0
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Rose		 0.90% +1
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Frances		 0.91% +3
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Edna		 0.94% 0
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Gladys		 1.02% 0
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Alice		 1.07% -1
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Lillian		 1.07% +1
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Ethel		 1.13% -2
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Dorothy		 1.19% +1
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Mildred		 1.21% +1
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Florence		 1.22% 0
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Marie		 1.23% 0
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Elizabeth		 1.31% 0
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Ruth		 1.68% 0
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Margaret		 1.81% 0
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Anna		 1.82% 0
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Helen		 2.22% 0
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Mary		 5.12% 0
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Popularity extremes for the United States